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1 NQ Media Studies Higher Analysis Student Reference Book Kate Henderson January 2005 SFEU/COLEG

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3 Acknowledgements SFEU (Scottish Further Education Unit) and COLEG (Colleges Open Learning Exchange Group) gratefully acknowledge the contribution made to this publication by Avril Smillie, Falkirk College, who reviewed the material. First published May 2004 Revised version published January 2005 SFEU/COLEG 2005

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5 Contents Media Analysis 1 Categories 2 Language 3 Narrative 6 Representation 9 Audience 11 Institutions 14

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7 Media Analysis Media Analysis will involve the study of media texts in terms of Fiction (name text and/or medium) and Non-fiction (name text and/or medium). You should develop skills of deconstructing a range of media texts and analysing in detail their relationship to social, institutional and audience contexts. You should develop independent critical thinking skills which will enable you to question the content and purpose of the media messages. The analysis of all media texts will develop the knowledge and understanding of the key aspects of Media Studies, the main critical tools in the analysis of media texts: categories language narrative representation audience institution technology 1

8 Categories MEDIUM (eg print, television, radio, film, internet) PURPOSE (eg to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to educate, to gain profit) FORM (eg drama, light entertainment, above or below the line advertising, newspaper) GENRE (eg science fiction, soap opera, documentary, game show, broadsheet) TONE (eg serious, comic, ironic, formal, informal, objective, personal, scientific) STYLE (eg realist, expressionist, conventional, unconventional, traditional, modern) OTHER CATEGORIES (eg nationality, target audience, director, star, public sector) Advice Write an opening paragraph using all the applicable categories from above. Choose two categories most appropriate to the text for a detailed analysis. Link your answer to target audience and institution. Cross reference to other key aspects and mention technology if appropriate. 2

9 Language Error! DESCRIBE Signs Sign word, object, image and sound which communicate meaning. BREAKDOWN Cultural codes Cultural/Technical Codes system of signs whose meaning is shared by members of a culture, eg dress/costume, gesture, mise-en-scene, intertextual reference. (Often associated with cultural ideologies.) Technical codes specific to media, eg A fade-in is an editing code and may connote the beginning, in print sans serif is a typographic code and may connote modernity. EXPLAIN MEANING (DECODE) Denotation/Connotation Denotation (the facts present in a text or image) the description/definition of a sign, eg jeans, fade-in. Connotation the meaning associate with the sign, eg jeans connote informality, fade-in may connote a beginning. REASON FOR INCLUSION Motivation To aid understanding, to tell the story, for realism, to conform to style for connotations, to engage audience, to move the story on, for intertextual reference, to promote preferred readings (what the maker wants the audience to think). 3

10 DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS Polysemy The idea that a sign can have several different meanings at one time, eg by the reader decoding the same sign using different codes. A building on fire could be decoded as arson, accident or natural disaster. NARROWING DOWN INTERPRETATION Anchorage A way of tying down meaning. Without anchorage meaning could be polysemic, open to various interpretations, eg a picture of a building on fire with the caption Gas Leak Destroys Home ties down meaning. Music can anchor mood in a film, a voice-over can anchor meaning to moving image. THE USE OF SIGNS AND CODES Conventions/ Encoding / Register Conventions standard way in which signs and codes are used in different genre, eg interviews, voice-overs, talking heads, vox pops are conventions of documentary. In a newspaper conventions would adhere to house style, eg layout, character formatting, text, page size. Encoding Register the processes by which media producers construct meaning in a text by the use of signs and codes. The selection of signs and codes that illustrate the preferred reading and the de-selection of those that do not, eg the editing out of unpleasant views in a TV programme to make a place seem more attractive. the uses of language in a way appropriate to the audience, eg rap music for a young audience, complex vocabulary for an intellectual audience. 4

11 Beyond Simple Analysis Types of signs: arbitrary, icon, index, symbol. Semiotics (how we read signs): Referential code understanding is based on general knowledge, eg a picture/statue of a historical figure. Signifier the physical form of the sign, eg BBC Signified the concept associated with the signifier, eg BBC equals quality. Ideology: A set of beliefs shared by members of a cultural group influencing the way their societies are run and the rules by which their lives are lived, eg democracy and monogamy are ideologies in western society. (Integrates with Representation.) Myth: A story which a culture tells about itself and which explains its history and culture. Eg Romantic representation of Scotland as peopled by kilted warriors in rugged landscapes or universal stories which express truths about human existence, eg the hero s journey in which the young hero undergoes a major struggle and moves to adulthood. (Integrates with Narrative and Representation.) Discourses: Systematic ways of representing content in a media language so as to express particular ideologies or myths, eg nationalistic discourses in sports coverage or the tartan discourse in travel brochures for Scotland (Integrates with Narrative and Representation.) Advice Choose a short extract of the text to analysis in detail, eg the opening sequence of a programme or front page of a newspaper. Analyse the use of cultural/technical codes in detail (denotation/connotation). Discuss anchorage. Discuss the text as a whole and compare (eg conventions, mode of address) to others if appropriate. Integrate with other key aspects. Discuss technology where appropriate. 5

12 Narrative How fictional and factual stories are organised into a sequence; the manipulation of space, time, and point-of-view in narratives. Every media text has a narrative. Story: The actual order of events as they took place in the text, ie the reader s reconstruction of events. Plot: How the maker/producer arranges these events, eg the plot could tell the story as a flashback. Narrative Structures/Codes/Conventions Equilibrium (normality)/disruption/return to equilibrium (normality) Chronological/flashback/forward Multiple story-lines Interwoven story-lines Fragmentation Episodic story-lines (TV serial and series) Investigation (interview, observation, presentation of data) The resolution of the narrative in relation to representations, ideology and myth. The meaning of the narrative, eg the moral of the story or the result of the investigation. Conventions or devices used to tell the story, eg voice-overs, point-of-view, format, colour, mise-en-scene. Technical/cultural codes used that affect the narrative, eg cropping, soft focus. Audience engagement, eg cliff hangers, teasers, enigmas, genre, stars. Strategies used to hook the audience and develop the story ie move the story on. The effect of the institution on the narrative and its need to make profit, eg genre, finance, bias, preferred reading. And the effect of external constraints, eg market position/share, type of market and competition. 6

13 Beyond Simple Analysis Application of theory: A state of equilibrium disruption of the equilibrium by some action a recognition that there has been some disruption an attempt to repair the disruption a reinstatement of equilibrium (Tzvetan Todorov s). The actions of the characters in the story and the consequences of these actions villain donor helper - princess dispatcher hero false hero (Vladimir Propp) Binary oppositions the theory that you cannot understand good if you don t understand evil, eg heroes and villains (Levi-Strauss). Narrative Codes: Enigmatic or hermeneutic code when the narrative poses a question, the audience wants to know the answer. Semic code the way in which characters, objects and settings take on particular meaning. A grave look on a newsreader s face may indicate a report on a disaster, the colour and length of a dress may determine a woman s character. Symbolic code textual elements that carry ideological or mythical meaning, eg kilted warriors in Braveheart. Codes that signify binary opposition (good/evil, male/female, old/young), bad things happen on rainy days. Cultural code references which come from cultural knowledge, eg William Wallace is a hero to Scottish people. Referential code references which come from common knowledge, eg smoke may signify a fire. References to history, geography, entertainment, politics etc. Proairetic, or action code codes of behaviour we understand because we have seen them before. A hand going to a gun means trouble, someone getting ready for bed means it is night time. (Roland Barthes) 7

14 Advice Discuss the type of narrative structure and the narrative codes used and relate to categories, genre and conventions. Analyse point of view (first person, third person, single or multiple). Discuss treatment, eg objective (audience is an observer), subjective (audience is treated as a participant), restricted narrative (the spectator views events via one particular character), omniscient (the spectator views all, even things no character sees), register. Manipulation of time and space (how events are organised). Discuss technical/cultural codes (ie integrate Language). Compare to other narratives/texts where appropriate (intertextualise). Would the audience have pre-conceived ideas and would different people in the audience interpret the story in different ways (ie integrate Audience). Discuss appropriate technology used to tell the story. Integrate with other key aspects. 8

15 Representation How and why the media select particular representations of people, places, ideas and events. Such representations may be stereotyped (instantly recognisable), eg tartan images of Scotland. The process of translating ideological concepts into words, sounds and images. Concepts of Representation The continual representing of stereotypes. The presenting of images in new ways (going against stereotype). A question of who represents whom and for what purpose. Mediation Ways in which the media select, interpret and represent social, economic, political and cultural events. Consider the effect of target audience, regulatory controls, sources of funding, ownership and news values on the maker s (institution) selection of what reaches the audience. Consider the role of the media in creating and perpetuating representations. Consider the reason and method of selection or de-selection, eg to create bias by selective editing. Texts should be examined for: Discourses Expressions of shared systems of meaning such as ideologies and myths. Dominant or oppositional discourses which reflect struggles between differing groups in society. The relationship between the real world and the representations in the text. Do other texts reinforce these representations? (Intertextualise) 9

16 Beyond Simple Analysis Application of theory: The actions of the characters in the story and the consequences of these actions villain donor helper princess dispatcher hero false hero (Vladimir Propp). Binary oppositions the theory that you cannot understand good if you don t understand evil, eg heroes and villains (Levis-Strauss). Advice Analyse people, places, events, ideas comparing to stereotypes. Analyse dangers of stereotyping if appropriate. Give examples of how representations are conveyed by use of technical/cultural codes. Discuss textual conventions. Examine and question discourses, ideology, myths and mediation. Discuss why the institution chose the representations in this particular text, eg to engage audience (through identification etc), to create bias (preferred reading). Discuss the selection/de-selection, by the institution, of the representations in terms of creating a construct and compare their relationship to the real world. Compare similar representations in other texts. Integrate with other key aspects. 10

17 Audience Identify Target Audience The audience or audiences may be identified by the following features in a text: Categories Access (eg channel/ scheduling/certification) Intertextual references Narrative codes Discourses Commercialisation of product Relate to Institution (external controls), eg type of market (niche market narrows, targets and specialises audiences) Mode of Address How a text speaks to its audience: Direct/indirect Individual/collective Omniscient/restricted Subjective/objective Register Preferred Readings The meaning of the text that the maker/producer hopes the audience will accept, the idea that texts contain messages that support mainstream ideologies, eg a news story which presents protesters as disrupting social order. Different newspapers because of political allegiance will present the same information with a different bias, ie they will have different preferred readings. 11

18 Differential Decoding How audiences actually read texts. This may be completely different to the preferred reading of the maker, eg an anti-smoking ad will not stop all its audience from smoking. Different individuals or groups react differently to a text. Consider: Age Gender Ethnic background Education/knowledge Experience Affiliation/Identification to different groups Text Encoding Preferred Reading A maker produces a text in order to send a message and, generally, make a profit. The message is created by encoding the selection of signs and codes that represent the maker s ideology. Putting the message into a format the receiver can easily decode, eg a text message. The maker wants the audience to interpret the text by use of preferred reading. Differential Decoding Different people in the audience will interpret the text in different ways. dominant decoding oppositional decoding Depending on the medium, audience could also be analysed in terms of: ratings box office circulation/distribution social classification categories lifestyle subcultures. 12

19 Beyond Simple Analysis Application of readership reception theory the study of how audiences interpret texts in relationship to how they receive the text, eg ethnographic studies which look at family and peer consumption; effects of social class, gender, ethnicity, taste; where the text is consumed, eg at home, in a cinema. Advice Identify the target audience/s in terms of: Categories, eg genre Intertextual reference, eg other texts the audience may have seen which attract them to this one, like the same stars or director Narrative Discourses Representations Institution external controls (market, competition) Analyse mode of address (there could be several) What would the maker like the audience to think? (preferred reading) Do different people or groups react differently to the text?(differential decoding) Consider audience enjoyment. Integrate with other key aspects. How does the audience receive the text? (technology) 13

20 Institutions Legal Constraints External Constraints Eg Statutory (Acts of Parliament), eg: Sex Discrimination Act Racial Discrimination Act Copyright laws Libel laws Self-Regulatory/Codes of Practice Eg Press Complaints Commission Broadcasting Complaints ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) Guidelines Market Controls Eg Audiences buy media products Advertisers buy access to these audiences Market structures can also restrict media messages Type and size of market Competition Societal Controls Eg Public opinion Gate-keeping and changing perceptions of media texts Censorship Technology/Materials Eg The ability with new DTP packages to copycat publications or produce new magazines cheaply Pirating 14

21 Internal Constraints The role of ownership Type of ownership, eg entrepreneurial, conservative. Finance Internal operation, eg editorial policy, budgets, the control of senior appointees. Whether it is pro-active, reactive, innovative etc. Quality of staff Reputation/ Image Company remit, mission statement, logo, slogan. Beyond simple analysis Draw conclusions of the effect of constraints on the text discussing possible consequences, eg cultural imperialism. Advice Who produced the text? Are they linked to other companies? Who financed the production? (If appropriate consider market structures, eg monopoly, oligopoly and factors which affect these structures such as media conglomerates, media moguls, new technology.) What effect do ownership, finance and market structures have on the text? How was the text distributed? (Consider technology.) Did this have an effect on the audience? Did certification, scheduling, distribution restrict the audience? Analyse any other effects on the text such as legal constraints, the watershed, taste etc. Integrate with other key aspects. 15

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